NE20 9NZ

Ponteland North · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE20
Postcode sector
NE20 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE20 9NH 62 m
NE20 9NR 74 m
NE20 9NU 111 m
NE20 9NN 116 m
NE20 9PX 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE20 9NZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE20
Postcode sector
NE20 9
Latitude
55.049280
Longitude
-1.743254
British National Grid easting
416,503
British National Grid northing
572,783

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010851
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139780
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 033A · E01027464
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 033 · E02005725

Postcode source versions

Explore NE20

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Richard Coates Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    488 m
  2. Emily Wilding Davison School

    Community special school

    489 m
  3. Ponteland Primary School

    Academy converter

    517 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
280
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 102
  • Shoplifting 57
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Other theft 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE20 9 residents
10,254

Age bands in NE20 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

1,526 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

927 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.4%

1,709 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,889 residents

Age 65 and over
32.4%

3,385 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
66.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • NPC PONTELAND

    MEADOWFIELD, PONTELAND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE20 9SD

    ODS code A84007

    514 m

  • WHITE MEDICAL GROUP

    PONTELAND PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MEADOWFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PONTELAND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE20 9SD

    ODS code A84011

    514 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Main Street

    BCT · Ponteland

    0.0 miles
  • Main Street

    BCT · Ponteland

    0.1 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Ponteland

    0.1 miles
  • Thornhill Road shops

    BCT · Ponteland

    0.1 miles
  • Thornhill Road shops

    BCT · Ponteland

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 033A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,234 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Richard Coates Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 488 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

280 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 102 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.